found it
decided
official letter on the Expenditure that has been
already
incurred, or on
that which this proposed tenure hereafter. But
it is, nevertheless, necessary
thinks
to submit
these returns to the Lord
of the Treasury, that their Lordships may have the opportunity, should they think fit, of preparing from them an Estimate to be
submitted to Parliament
and that they may also consider how much of the past and future Expenditure may fairly be charged to
the expenses
of the Chinese War, what
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is classed under the respective heads of the Superintendency of Roads,
the Ordnance & the
Colonial service - and what items should be
altogether disallowed
or reduced.